Once upon a time, soccer and piano lessons were the preferred
extra-curricular options for teens. Now social justice warfare may
be the thrilling, new, after-school activity. A group of American
kids are suing the federal government demanding “climate action.”
“We are standing here to fight and protect everything that we
love—from our land…

You knew the Reverend Jesse Jackson was going to get in on all this
anti-Trump protesting, didn’t you? The Michigan Daily reports:
Students hold walkout with Rev. Jesse Jackson demanding University
action against racism Nearly a thousand people gathered on the Diag
and marched through University of Michigan buildings for a student
walk-out protest…

Try to imagine for a moment, what would happen if public schools in
a conservative community were offered a lesson plan in 2008 which
was in any way critical of then President Elect Barack Obama. We
all know what would have followed, don’t we? Of course, the reverse
of this situation never…

This is the most rational response to the election in higher
education I’ve seen so far. In fact, maybe the only one. Kudos to
The Crimson: Elephant and Man at Harvard As students and professors
continue to take stock of the results of Tuesday’s election, the
ideological uniformity of much of Harvard’s population will…

Last week, a Columbia University student blog published a series of
leaked chat room messages, leaked to a Columbia student
blog, that were sent between school wrestling team players.
The team was then suspended, as Legal Insurrection
reported, Columbia Suspends Men’s Wrestling Season Over Lewd
Texts. These leaked messages, which were sent in the assumed
privacy…

Oberlin College certainly is an “exciting” place to be these days.
Oberlin just fired a professor after antisemitic Facebook posts,
students are petitioning to become a sanctuary campus, and the
President of Oberlin just circulated an email about antisemitic
vandalism at an unnamed professor’s house. That come just
after calls from Black Lives Matters…

Even President Obama recognizes some Constitutional boundaries. Who
knew? Thursday, House Democrats petitioned President Obama,
requesting a pardon for DREAMers (kids who would benefit under the
contentious DREAM Act). The pardon would nullify any legal
ramifications accrued because of their lack of legal status.
DREAMers would’ve been brought to the U.S. as…

Keith Ellison, Democratic Congressman from Minnesota, is the
favorite to become Chair of the Democratic National Committee. He
has the support of big names like Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders,
Elizabeth Warren and Harry Reid, among others. Yet for years there
have been questions about Ellison’s past association with Louis
Farrakhan and the Nation…

Must’ve been some biscuit and tea. From The Independent: A
24-year-old man from Sheffield has become a Guinness World Record
holder for completing the highest bungee dunk – diving from 73
metres above the ground to dunk a chocolate Hobnob into tea. Simon
Berry’s technique involved clasping both wrists together like a
diver, to…

DRAMA. ALL the drama. Check out the evolution of Election Night’s
leading headline on the NY Times digital front page: The changing
headlines atop the @nytimes’s home page — 13 of them in all —
convey the drama of election night: https://t.co/fKrWPQje7M
pic.twitter.com/ougPbFfjRx— Stephen Hiltner (@sahiltner) November
16, 2016 [h/t Ace] Follow Kemberlee…

After a deadly school shooting in October that killed a
six-year-old student, South Carolina Rep. Joshua Putnam (R)
introduced a new bill that would allow teachers to carry a gun
to protect children: “It would incorporate mostly live shooter
scenarios. So then teachers are familiar with how to approach that
gunman on campus, how…

The artist is Oleg Atbashian, creator of the satirical website The
People’s Cube. Do you think he’d be in trouble if he was hanging up
posters that promote socialism? PJ Media reports: People’s Cube
Artist Faces 5 Years in Prison for Hanging Up Anti-Terror Posters
at GMU The artistic genius behind the highly acclaimed…

House Republicans have chosen to go with a short-term spending bill
to fund the government through March 31 instead of a full year
bill: Appropriations Chairman Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Kentucky, said in
a statement that his committee would immediately start working on
“a Continuing Resolution (CR) at the current rate of funding…

Every year, the president awards Medals of Freedom to a handful of
civilian recipients. This year, longtime Dodgers baseball
announcer, Vin Scully will receive a Medal of Freedom. The White
House recorded the phone call made by Press Secretary Josh Ernst
informing Scully of his upcoming award. Follow Kemberlee on
Twitter…

Beware of charging…deer? From MileSplit: Someone forgot to tell
the deer that XC isn’t a “contact sport”(turn on the sound) this
weekend at the DIII Mid East Regional Championships at DeSales
University in PA. Justin DeLuzio from Gwynedd-Mercy College got hit
by a deer mid-race. He suffered no major injuries, interview coming
soon. Deer…

With Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin touring India on an 8-day
visit, Ariel University is taking this historic opportunity to
connect with Indian universities and tap into South Asian country’s
huge talent pool. Professor Yehuda Danon, President of Ariel
University, is accompanying the presidential delegation, along with
fifteen other heads of Israeli universities. Along
with…